Academic calendar
Fall 2026 runs Aug 26, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall 2026Relevant now
- Spring 2027 Mini Session
- Spring 2027
- Maymester 2027Summer 2027 Maymester
- Summer 2027 1st Session
- Summer Session I 2027
- Summer 2027 Regular Session
- Summer 2027 2nd SessionSummer Session II 2027
- Fall 2027 Mini Session
- Fall 2027
- Spring 2028 Mini Session
- Spring 2028
- Maymester 2028Summer 2028 Maymester
- Summer 2028 1st Session
- Summer Session I 2028
- Summer 2028 Regular Session
- Summer 2028 2nd SessionSummer Session II 2028
Campus language
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C
- Clairmont
- The Clairmont Campus, which houses upperclassmen in apartment-style housing and is connected to main campus by shuttle.
- Cox
- Cox Hall Food Court, a retail dining location featuring various food stations like Maru and Twisted Taco.
- CRC
- The Clairmont Residential Center, located on the Clairmont campus.
D
- DCT
- Dobbs Common Table, the primary all-you-care-to-eat dining hall.
- Dooley
- The skeletal 'Lord of Misrule' and Emory's unofficial mascot who appears during spirit weeks.
- Dooley’s Dollars
- A tax-free declining balance account used specifically for purchasing food at on-campus dining locations.
E
- Eagle Food Co
- The official brand name for Emory's dining services and meal plan provider.
- EPC
- Emory Pride Council, an umbrella organization for LGBTQ+ groups.
- ESB
- Emory Student Board, often involved in student organization oversight.
F
- Few and Evans
- Two modern, LEED-certified freshman residence halls often referred to as a pair.
H
- Hamilton Holmes
- Commonly referred to as 'Holmes,' a residence hall named after the first African American student to graduate from Emory.
- HH
- Hamilton Holmes Hall, a first-year residence hall named after the first African American student to graduate from Emory.
K
- Kaldi’s
- The popular coffee shop locations found in the Depot and the Emory Student Center.
L
- LSM
- Longstreet-Means Hall, a first-year residence hall.
O
- OE
- Outdoor Emory, a large student-run organization that leads outdoor trips and activities.
- Outdoor Emory
- The university's largest student organization focused on outdoor recreation and trips.
- Ox-continuee
- A student who completed their first two years at Oxford College before moving to the Atlanta campus.
R
- Raoul
- Raoul Hall, a first-year residence hall located near the Woodruff Residential Center.
- RHA
- Residence Hall Association, the student organization representing those living in on-campus housing.
S
- SAPA
- Sexual Assault Peer Advocates, a student group providing support and education regarding sexual assault.
- SGA
- Student Government Association, the primary governing body for the undergraduate student population.
- Songfest
- An annual high-energy singing and dancing competition between first-year residence halls.
- SPC
- Student Programming Council, the organization that plans major campus events like Dooley's Week and concerts.
- Swoop
- The official athletic mascot of Emory, an eagle.
T
- TableTalk
- A student organization focused on breaking social barriers through conversation over meals.
- The Bubble
- The tendency for students to stay within the campus confines and ignore the rest of Atlanta.
- The Complex
- A residential cluster consisting of Hopkins, Smith, and Thomas halls.
- The DCT
- Dobbs Common Table, the primary all-you-care-to-eat dining hall located in the Emory Student Center.
- The Depot
- The Kaldi’s Coffee location housed in the historic campus train station.
- The Emory Bubble
- The phenomenon of students rarely leaving the immediate campus area to explore the rest of Atlanta.
- The Row
- Eagle Row, the street where most of the university's fraternity and sorority houses are located.
- The SAAC
- The Student Activities & Academic Center, which provides dining options for students on the Clairmont Campus.
- The Tower
- The high-rise apartment building located on the Clairmont Campus.
- The Village
- The apartment complexes located on the Clairmont Campus.
- The Wheel
- The Emory Wheel, the university's independent student-run newspaper.
U
- URC
- The Undergraduate Residential Center, apartment-style housing at Clairmont.
V
- VE
- Volunteer Emory, the campus hub for community service and social justice work.
W
- WMRE
- Emory's student-run radio station.
- Wonderful Wednesday
- A weekly tradition held on the quad or at the ESC featuring free food, themes, and student organization tables.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Add/Drop
- The designated period at the start of each semester when students can change their course schedules without penalty.
- B-School
- The Goizueta Business School building and community.
- B. Jones
- The B. Jones Center, which houses career services, financial aid, and the registrar.
- Cliff
- The campus shuttle system (shorthand for the Emory Transportation shuttles) that connects various parts of campus.
- Club Lib
- A student nickname for the Robert W. Woodruff Library, referring to its social atmosphere during late-night study sessions.
- cox_hall_food_court
- Cox Hall Food Court
- dobbs_common_table_dct
- Dobbs Common Table (DCT)
- Eagle Print
- The campus-wide wireless printing system accessible via student ID.
- EaglePrint
- The campus-wide system that allows students to send documents to various printers across campus via the cloud.
- EmoryCard
- The official student ID card used for building access, meal swipes, and library checkouts.
- ESC
- Emory Student Center, the hub for student life, dining, and the campus bookstore.
- Experience Emory
- The orientation program and series of events designed for incoming first-year students.
- ExperienceID
- The digital platform and mobile app used to manage student involvement and event check-ins.
- OPUS
- Online Portal for University Students, the web interface used for course registration, tuition payment, and grades.
- SafeRide
- A late-night shuttle service providing safe transportation around campus and nearby areas.
- starbucks
- Starbucks
- The AMUC
- Alumni Memorial University Center, a building connected to the ESC that houses student offices and meeting spaces.
- The B-School
- Common shorthand for the Goizueta Business School.
- The Depot
- The 1916 train station building that now houses a Kaldi's Coffee and serves as a late-night study spot.
- The DUC
- The Dobbs University Center (now the Emory Student Center), the hub of student life.
- The ESC
- Emory Student Center, the central hub for dining, student organizations, and events.
- The Lib
- The Robert W. Woodruff Library, the main research library on campus.
- The Quad
- The Quadrangle, the central historic green space surrounded by academic buildings.
- The SAAC
- The Student Activities & Academic Center located on the Clairmont Campus (pronounced 'sack').
- The Wood
- Woodruff Library, the main research library on campus.
- White Hall
- A major academic building known for its large lecture halls used for introductory courses.
- Woodi
- Woodruff Library, the main research library on the Atlanta campus.
- WoodPEC
- The Woodruff Physical Education Center, the main gym and athletics facility.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall 2026 runs Aug 26, 2026 – Dec 19, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 39 approved campus terms and 28 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.